Adolph Islands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Adolph Islands (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
off NW coast of Watkins Island, Biscoe Islands, Loubet Coast, were photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of cold climate physiology grouped in the area, named after Edward Frederick Adolph (b. 1895), American physiologist specializing in the reactions of the human body to cold; Professor of Physiology, University of Rochester, NY, 1948-60 (APC, 1960, p.2; BA, 1976, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/10, 1-DOS 1979). Islotes Adolph (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.1)
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